Method for dynamically directing a wireless repeater
US7406295B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Sep 10, 2003 |
| Grant date | Jul 29, 2008 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 7, 2024 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04B7/15507
- WIPO fieldTelecommunications
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A method for dynamically directing a wireless repeater is provided. A repeater will include an antenna, a mobile station modem, a processor and data storage. The processor will cause the antenna to sweep over a coverage area, possibly through increments. At each increment, the antenna will receive signals and pass the signals to the MSM. The MSM will then apply a rake receiver to identify characteristics in the received signals, such as PN offsets and signal-to-noise ratios (EC/IO) for each PN offset, and the processor will record in the data storage the PN offsets and corresponding signal-to-noise ratios at that increment. Given this data, the processor will then instruct the antenna to move to the increment where the MSM detected the strongest signal-to-noise ratio. As a result, the antenna of the repeater will point at a base station that is likely to supply the signal with the highest signal-to-noise ratio.
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